Euryapteryx

Euryapteryx

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dinornithiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Palaeognathae Ordo: †Dinornithiformes

Familia: †Emeidae
Subfamilia: †Emeinae
Genus: †Euryapteryx
Species (1-2): E. curtus – ?E. gravis

Name

Euryapteryx Haast, 1874: 427

• Gender: [Masculine]
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Dinornis gravis Owen, 1869
  • Fixation: subsequent designation by ?? [Fide Worthy & Scofield, 2012: 128]

Synonyms

• Cela Reichenbach, 1853?: XXX
• Celeus Bonaparte, 1856: 841
• Zelornis Oliver, 1949

References

Primary references

• von Haast, J. 1874. Anniversary address of the President, Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1873 6: 419–432. BHL Reference page. 
• Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1853?. Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie. Die vollständigste Naturgeschichte der Vögel or Avium systema naturale lfr.3. viii + 36 + XXXI pp. Dresden und Leipzig. Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.102901 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bunce, M., Worthy, T.H., Phillips, M.J., Holdaway, R.N., Willerslev, E., Haile, J., Shapiro, B., Scofield, R.P., Drummond, A.J., Kamp, P.J.J. & Cooper, A. 2009. The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography. PNAS 106(49): 20646–20651. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906660106 Reference page.  
• Gill, B.J., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., & Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th ed. Te Tapa Press, Wellington, New Zealand: 500 pp. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Haast, J. 1874. Remarks on the extinct birds of New Zealand. Ibis (3)4: 209–220. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1874.tb05941.x . BHL Reference page. 
• Huynen, L. et al. 2014: Identification, classification, and growth of moa chicks (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from the genus Euryapteryx. PLoS ONE 9(6): e99929. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099929 Reference page. 
• Huynen, L.; Lambert, D.M. 2014: Complex species status for extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from the genus Euryapteryx. PLoS ONE 9(3): e90212. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090212 Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. 2005. Rediscovery of the types of Dinornis curtus Owen and Palapteryx geranoides Owen, with a new synonymy (Aves: Dinornithiformes). Tuhinga 16: 33-43. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.H. & Scofield, R.P. 2012. Twenty-first century advances in knowledge of the biology of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes): a new morphological analysis and moa diagnoses revised. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 39(2): 87–153. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2012.665060 Reference page.